Ernesto Guevara was born in the city of Rosario, Argentina.
Guevara's family moved to Alta Gracia, province of Cordoba, Argentina
Ernesto Guevara traveled around the Argentinian provinces.
He left for Chile and Peru with his friend Granado. Guevara lived for a short time in the leper colony of Huambo. Then he continued his journey to Bogata and later to Caracas.
He finished his studies in medicines. After that, he left for Bolivia with another friend, Ferrer. They planned to go to Venezuela, passing through Peru and staying for some time in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They met others Argentinians and decided to go to Central America. They travelled through Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala. There, Guevara met Hilda Gadea, whom he would marry with later, in Mexico. Guevara got in touch with Peruvian exiles.
Hasta siempre comandante |
Hasta Siempre Commandante |
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De: Carlos Puebla |
By: Carlos Puebla |
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Aprendimos a quererte |
We learned to love you |
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desde la histírica altura |
From historical heights |
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donde el sol de tu bravura |
Were the sun of your courage |
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le puso un cerco a la muerte. |
Put you close to death. |
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Aqua se queda la clara, |
Here remains your clear, |
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la entrañable transparencia, |
Heart-warming transparency |
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de tu querida presencia |
Of your beloved presence |
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Comandante Che Guevara. |
Comandante Che Guevara. |
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Tu mano gloriosa y fuerte |
Your glorious and strong hand |
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sobre la historia dispara |
Takes a shot at history |
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cuando todo Santa Clara |
When whole of Santa Clara |
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se despierta para verte. |
Awakens to see you. |
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Aquí se queda la clara, |
Here remains..... |
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Vienes quemando la brisa |
You come burning the breeze |
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con soles de primavera |
With suns of spring |
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para plantar la bandera |
To plant the flag |
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con la luz de tu sonrisa. |
With the light of your smile. |
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Aquí se queda la clara, |
Here remains..... |
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Tu amor revolucionario |
Your revolutionary love |
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te conduce a nueva empresa |
Leads you to a new enterprise |
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donde esperan la firmeza |
Where waits the firmness |
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de tu brazo libertario. |
Of your liberating arm. |
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Seguiremos adelante |
We shall go on |
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como junto a ti seguimos |
As together we follow you |
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y con Fidel te decimos: |
And as Fidel we say: |
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hasta siempre Comandante. |
Till forever comandante. |
'A man of profound ideals, a man in whose mind stirred the dream of struggle'
-Fidel Castro-
"I could write a thousand years and a million pages about Che Guevara."
-Gabriel Garcia Marquez-
Che's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory.
-Nelson Mandela-
"Apostle of the Immaculate Revolution"
-Richard Bourne-
'Che Guevara's feats in our continent were of
such magnitude that no prison or censorhip could hide them from us.
Che's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom.We
always honor his memory'-Nelson Mandela-
He was the world symbol of the possibilities of one man
-Frantz Fanon-
'When men are able to influence so many others through their life and their example, they do not die'
-Aleida Guevara March-
December.
Late birds shake their wings
On the snowy windscreen of a car,
I write
CHE LIVES! -Christopher Logue-
'His Life is a shining example for youth whose struggles are moved by the desire to build a new world'
-Graham Greene-
'Che
Guevara, at the prime of his live and the height of his fame, went to
flight in the Congo. In that fleeting, anonymous passage through
Africa, Che Guevara was to so sow a seed that no one will destroy'
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez-
'Che was the most complete human being of his age' He lived his words, spoke his own actions,and his story and
the story of the world ran parallel'
-Jean Paul Satre-
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